Government Case Studies


	The Grand Junction City Government is recognized for its civic excellence. Employees are proud to work in an open, supportive environment where they are empowered to create solutions which exceed the expectations of the citizens they serve. For the past 4 years, the Information Systems Department has been using Messaging Architects’ product portfolio. Find out how these products helped enhance end-user productivity and ensured a risk-free collaboration environment in order to best serve the needs of the community. [case study]
	For several years, City of Casa Grande, AZ, has been using Messaging Architects’ cutting-edge anti-spam technology to secure its collaboration environment and ensure that the email system is always available to employees. At the beginning of the year, in addition to launching a new and improved website to serve their community better, they also upgraded to the M+Guardian secure email gateway. The upgrade was quick and painless and it further simplified email security administration for the IT professionals. Read how M+Guardian solves the spam and virus problems for the City of Casa Grande employees on a daily basis. [case study]
	For the past 3 years City of Jackson, TN, has been using Messaging Architects’ cutting-edge anti-spam technology to ensure a secure environment and high availability of their collaboration system. Recently, they upgraded to the M+Guardian secure email gateway. The deployment took less than a day and has brought additional ease of use and improved productivity to the City of Jackson’s IT Department. Read how M+Guardian solves their spam and virus problems on a daily basis. [case study]
	Founded in 2002, the French lnstitut National de Prévention et d'Education pour la Santé (INPES) is a public establishment responsible for patient rights and ensuring the quality of the healthcare system. INPES relies on Novell GroupWise for effective and reliable collaboration and depends on Messaging Architects' GWGuardian for peace of mind and risk-free interaction with the public. Learn about the email security challenges INPES was facing and the benefits to their GroupWise system since the deployment of GWGuardian. [case study]
	Provincie Gelderland has 1500 employees working from several offices across the Dutch province ensure smooth operations for citizens and companies in key areas, such as the environment, infrastructure and welfare. When the agency had to find a mobility solution that would allow mobile users to be connected irrespective of location and be compatible with the agency’s collaboration system, they chose GWAnywhere . Learn why. [case study]
	Located in the northern part The Netherlands with almost 60,000 citizens, the City of Den Helder has a well developed tourist industry run by about 700 employees who use Novell GroupWise to ensure smooth operations. Similar to most other municipal organizations relying on email as a primary means of communication, the City of Den Helder needed a robust and reliable anti-spam and anti-virus solutionfor their email system that would seamlessly integrate in their GroupWise environment. They chose Messaging Architects' GWGuardian and are planning to introduce GWArchive in the summer. [case study]
	As a state agency, TxDOT is bound to adhere to an open records policy to provide the public with access to information, including email and other electronically delivered documents. To fulfill this requirement in the most cost-effective way, TxDOT was looking for an enterprise-class email archiving solution for GroupWise to meet the challenges of retaining and searching electronic records in accordance with potential legislation and access to information directives. GWArchive was the solution that was able to meet their technical and budgetary requirements. [read the case study]
	"Our decision to go with GWArchive didn't require much soul-searching. The enhanced search capabilities of the product are fantastic. What made the deal was GWArchive's capability to meet our disaster recovery system requirements. GWArchive is able to make the media mobile: it allows us to make a copy of the necessary GroupWise account and then ship it to a secure location off-site. So far, we are thoroughly impressed with the product." [read testimonial] - Keith Thompson, Information Technology Division, Comptroller of Maryland
	"It was a no-brainer to make the decision to buy GWGuardian. It's really made my life a lot easier and my users are now able to be more productive. My hat is off to you, Messaging Architects, for being able to develop such a GREAT product." [read testimonial] - Debra Pearson, Systems Coordinator & GroupWise Administrator, La Plata County Government, Durango, CO
	"By adding GWFax to our GroupWise system, we improved the efficiency of collaboration for the groups requiring faxing capabilities. Everything is managed through GroupWise saving the end users a lot of time by not having to get up and walk to the fax machines all the time. We’ve had very positive comments from employees who are very dependent on it. We are getting a lot out of the GWFax deployment," concludes Carney. "We are really happy with the product. It has proven itself." [read testimonial] - Tom Carney, Utah Department of Workforce Services
	"Following the implementation of GWGuardian , an average 1400 unwanted emails are intercepted daily, thus freeing up disk space, diminishing security risks, and improving employee productivity with respect to email management." - [read testimonial] - Michel Parent, Systems Administrator, Ville de Montréal, Arrondissement Mont-Royal
	"I wanted to take a minute and send you an email to tell you how pleased we are with our purchase of our GWGuardian appliance... I looked at a variety of products on an in-depth scale when choosing this product, and I am extremely pleased with the decision. Thanks for your help and ongoing support!" [read testimonial] - Lisa McGuire, Director of Information Technology, County of Renfrew
	"We needed an effective Spam solution to provide perimeter defense for our organization, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. We were literally bombarded with Spam. Many of our users were spending a good deal of their time each day sifting through the Spam in their mailbox. Of course, this had a negative impact on productivity. Prior to settling on GWGuardian, we looked at many Spam solutions. In the end, we felt that GWGuardian would best meet our needs..." [read testimonial] - Gwendolyn J. Ferguson, Applications Systems Specialist, Detroit Regional Chamber
	"Everyone is raving about the new SCA scanning engine. End users that would typically get a dozen or more spam mails over the weekend received zero spam over this past weekend. Thank you very much for this marked improvement. Coupled with the ability for endusers to whitelist their mail, the new version of GWGuardian is fantastic!" - Jason W. Malpass, MCNE Computer Systems Analyst, Pinellas County Government Server Support
	"I would like to let you know how nice it was working with the Messaging Architects on the evaluation of GWGuardian. The account executive helped me get it installed and configured within 5 minutes of calling him, and he promptly answered my emails within a few minutes. I am cutting my evaluation short, because I don't need to see anything else. GWGuardian addresses all my anti-spam and anti-virus needs. The product takes 5 minutes to get up and running, and miraculously enough, it runs! With this solution I have one less thing to worry about during the course of my day. Once again, thanks for everything that your company does. Fantastic product!" - Mark Barham, Information Systems Manager, City of Williamsburg, VA
	"We are using GWGuardian... compared to other products we tried it is very well designed, easy to use and the Sieve based anti-spam filters are automatically updated. We are catching more spam than ever. I highly recommend this product." [read testimonial] - Dave Thompson, Virginia Employment Commission
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